Green Wing and Free Agents star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role in BBC4's adaptation of the late Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Mangan will be joined by Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff and Cold Feet and Friends actor Helen Baxendale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan.
Adapted by the Bafta-winning writer Howard Overman – who is also behind Misfits, Vexed and Merlin – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the exploits of Adams's chaotic character as he uses his unusual methods to solve crimes.
Mangan said: "I've been a fan of Douglas Adams ever since the Hitchhiker's radio series which I used to record as a child and listen to over and over again in my bedroom. It's such a thrill to now be playing one of his brilliant characters.
"Dirk is a chaotic, anarchic force of nature with a totally unique take on the world. He is described as 'lazy, untidy, dismissive and unreliable'. I've absolutely no idea why they thought I'd be right for the role."
The Dirk Gently books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for TV.
Adams's agent, Ed Victor, said: "For all the years I represented the late, great Douglas Adams, the most substantial frustration for both of us was that we couldn't get films made either of Hitchhiker or Dirk.
"Douglas once said, memorably, that 'getting a film made in Hollywood was like trying to cook a steak by having a bunch of people come into the room and breathe on it'. Well, we did eventually get a film made in Hollywood of Hitchhiker and, tragically, Douglas didn't live to see it. Nor will he see this adaptation of Dirk – but it's worth bearing in mind that Douglas always thought Dirk would make a better film than Hitchhiker and I feel sure that this new TV drama with a terrific script by Howard Overman will prove his point."
Shooting begins this week in Bristol on the 60-minute drama, which is being made by ITV Studios in association with the Welded Tandem Picture Company.
The Dirk Gently production is to be directed by Damon Thomas – who also directed BBC4 drama The First Men in the Moon – and will air early next year.
大爽片，marvel studio迄今为止最好看的电影。喜欢导演！
不懂啊，永恒族看起来也应该受到基本的物理定律的限制吧，比如Ikaris的飞行速度应该不能超过光速吧，那么请问他从地球飞到太阳自杀需要飞多久？而且太空基本接近绝对零度吧，Ikaris为何没有被冻成冰棍呢，如果他的设定就是有这些能力，那当初还装啥，坐宇宙飞船干嘛，自己飞来地球不是更方便？
倒不是不好，作为赵婷第一部商业大片，能把这么大一盘棋下成这副样子，其实已经不容易了；但是总觉得讲故事可以更聪明一点，也可以更简洁明朗一些。如此多元化的漫威战队组合，也真的是让人开眼了，有几处看得真的尴尬，真不知道该说是时代的产物呢，还是政治所迫的牺牲品呢…
为广岛哭丧真是让人作呕，本身剧情也不怎么样，ZZZQ到发指，没引进是对的。
剧情比较丰富 视觉奇观也很震撼，群戏还是拍的很不错的。漫威天神组终于现身了，等级越来越高了。
我觉得最大的问题有两个，一个是变异族死得太潦草，都进化出一个有神志的“人”了，我以为它会带出什么不一样的使命感。第二个是Sersi没把电眼男直接给变成树给炸了。整体上我觉得还挺好看，也能猜测哪些设定是更漫威化的，希望这部电影有三百分钟的版本，把闪回更多地交给普通人间，交给永恒族和人类的羁绊，那永恒族的动机更能立住脚，而不至于让台词承担太重的功能，同时现在很多关于电影内容的争吵也不至于这么愚蠢。
没想象的那么难看。不过就是文戏逻辑有点怪，战斗戏没啥新意，还有各种全球种族平等大融合五六的。还有克鲁苏那个造型咋和EVA里那个使徒长那么像？
和其他部位相比却算轻盈。
不理解导演为啥要接这活，看完唯一感受就是坐久了腿都有点不灵活了。
①非常开心《永恒族》作为我在豆瓣的第1500部「已看」而存在，赵婷没有令人失望；②影片具备科幻片的大气，也不缺文艺片的细腻，后者本是赵婷的拿手好戏，而前者的表现也丝毫未见生疏；③无论是天神族、变异族、永恒族内部各派，都有他们自己的世界观，没有哪一方是绝对的正义或者邪恶，永恒族是群戏，但其中的每个人物，都有丰富而完整的人格设定，每一个人都可以拍出一部延展剧，没有哪个是所谓真正打酱油的配角，这一点殊为不易，四星半。
太木了，全方位的木。感觉每一个角色心里都住着一个科恩嫂，仍然在《无依之地》的延长线上游荡。
157分钟看了个孙猴子想跳出机器人如来的五指山。Fancy robot创造出Eternals和Deviants，both of them are killers, aims to satisfy itself-the robot god- Arishem. 他创造他们，又要毁灭他们，是不是因为太无聊？Now, it’s a question about EXISTENCE.
想了几天后决定改一星了，我很想知道赵婷身为中国人，为什么要在片中控诉广岛核爆？//也就比女侠1984高级点
永恒族，打deviant唯唯诺诺，打自己人重拳出击
本是娛樂片的底色，硬要加入沉重、史詩、深情之類的東西就過於臃腫紊亂了。
Barry Keoghan的角色喜欢，会让我想起菩萨精神。Brian Tyree Henry的角色也有感染力。Angelina Jolie让人想起雅典娜。PS：看到不同肤色的组合，尤其是对那些常常被遗忘的一些人群及被主流人类边缘化的角色情感，我觉得很感动。如果这叫政治正确，那我喜欢。再PS：看到Brian同性伴侣时觉得眼熟，但就是想不起来在哪里见过。差不多两天过去了，突然一个灵光，这不就是《斋戒时节遇见你》的男主吗。我果然老了，两年前看过的电影都忘记了（PS：《斋戒时节》当时只给了三星，但回忆起来还是值得一看，尤其是对伊斯兰信仰新的解读 ）
我更愿意花两个半小时看kumail演宝莱坞
设定宏大内核薄弱，娱乐性勉勉强强主题呈现过于空泛，赵婷极具个人特色的影像被流水量产的漫威类型套路严重削弱。为照顾群像戏份平均导致人物刻画皆不够深入，主创疯狂夹带私货无语至极。LGBT黑人（永恒族）在广岛忏悔不该向人类传授原子弹，以此来反思日本人所遭受的伤痛，属实看笑了。
终于不再千篇一律，终于有了被观看的意义的漫威电影。无论是相关讨论的广度和深度都证明这是最有价值的漫威电影。问题还是显而易见，但和漫威其他电影都不在一个维度了。
在这太阳系的第三颗行星上
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
